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Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Trump team to stop family-planning funding as it reviews whether it's being used for DEI programs
The Trump administration is planning to freeze tens of millions of dollars in federal grants to organizations providing family planning and other reproductive health services, as it reviews whether the funds violate the president's order to cease all government-backed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work. A Health and Human Services spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal, which reported on the plan, that the department was reviewing grants to make sure they complied with the crackdown on DEI. The freeze to the Title X program could impact as much as $120 million worth of grants to a network of roughly 4,000 clinics providing free and discounted pregnancy testing, contraception, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, and evaluations and testing for infertility. Planned Parenthood, whose affiliates could lose roughly $20 million if the paused grants are ultimately cut, reacted with alarm. 'The Trump-Vance-Musk administration wants to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers by any means necessary, and they'll end people's access to birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, and more to do it,' Planned Parenthood Federation of America CEO Alex McGill Johnson told the newspaper. Elsewhere, the administration is reportedly weighing cuts to the Centers for Disease Control's HIV-prevention program. Trump has also resurrected federal rules barring funds from being spent on abortions in the U.S. and abroad, and has pardoned anti-abortion activists. His nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration has called for a review of a rule that allowed patients to get an abortion pill without seeing a healthcare provider in person. The president has said he wants policymaking around abortion to be handled by the states, rather than the federal government. The White House emphasis on making deep cuts to federal spending has also impacted U.S.-backed health work abroad. The attempted funding freeze to the U.S. Agency for International Development has been estimated to put contraception access in jeopardy for one million women a week.
The Independent
25-03-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Trump team to stop family-planning funding as it reviews whether it's being used for DEI programs
The Trump administration is planning to freeze tens of millions of dollars in federal grants to organizations providing family planning and other reproductive health services, as it reviews whether the funds violate the president's order to cease all government-backed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work. A Health and Human Services spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal, which reported on the plan, that the department was reviewing grants to make sure they complied with the crackdown on DEI. The freeze to the Title X program could impact as much as $120 million worth of grants to a network of roughly 4,000 clinics providing free and discounted pregnancy testing, contraception, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, and evaluations and testing for infertility. Planned Parenthood, whose affiliates could lose roughly $20 million if the paused grants are ultimately cut, reacted with alarm. 'The Trump-Vance-Musk administration wants to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers by any means necessary, and they'll end people's access to birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, and more to do it,' Planned Parenthood Federation of America CEO Alex McGill Johnson told the newspaper. Elsewhere, the administration is reportedly weighing cuts to the Centers for Disease Control's HIV-prevention program. Trump has also resurrected federal rules barring funds from being spent on abortions in the U.S. and abroad, and has pardoned anti-abortion activists. His nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration has called for a review of a rule that allowed patients to get an abortion pill without seeing a healthcare provider in person. The president has said he wants policymaking around abortion to be handled by the states, rather than the federal government. The White House emphasis on making deep cuts to federal spending has also impacted U.S.-backed health work abroad. The attempted funding freeze to the U.S. Agency for International Development has been estimated to put contraception access in jeopardy for one million women a week.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Trump Plots Massive Freeze on Planned Parenthood Funding
The Trump administration plans to freeze millions of dollars in grants to family planning organizations in order to investigate whether the money went to diversity initiatives. The Wall Street Journal reports that $120 million in funds set to go to organizations like Planned Parenthood this year is on hold, citing unnamed sources. Pregnancy testing, providing contraception, treating sexually transmitted infections, and infertility evaluation and counseling are among the services threatened by the freeze. The Department of Health and Human Services is reviewing recipients of the grants to comply with President Trump's executive orders prohibiting the funding of anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, a spokesperson for the agency said. The funds are distributed under HHS's Title X program, and $120 million amounts to about half of the funds available to the program for this year. Under the program, about four million people receive free or reduced services at a network of about 4,000 clinics. Planned Parenthood clinics in about a dozen states would have received $20 million under the program. HHS could fully rescind those grants or redistribute them. 'The Trump-Vance-Musk administration wants to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers by any means necessary, and they'll end people's access to birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, and more to do it,' Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, told the Journal. Conservatives have long fought to defund Planned Parenthood due to its abortion advocacy, despite no federal funds being used for the health procedure given that federal law already prohibits taxpayer funds from going to abortions. Vice President JD Vance said during the 2024 presidential campaign that Trump would halt funding for the organization if elected, and it looks like this is an early attempt to begin that process.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Man charged with assault at Tesla dealership after driving car at protesters
A man was arrested and charged with assault for driving his car towards a crowd of people protesting outside a Florida Tesla dealership and narrowly avoiding them, authorities said. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said deputies went to a planned protest at a West Palm Beach dealership on Saturday, where suspect Andrew Dutil drove onto the curb and slowly toward the protesters. There were no injuries. "The protestors had to move out of the way in order to avoid being struck by the vehicle," the sheriff's office said in a statement. Court records show Dutil, who is being held in Palm Beach County Jail, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. It is not clear if he has retained a lawyer or when he is due to appear in court. The Palm Beach Post reported that Dutil was driving a black Nissan SUV and that the crowd numbered more than 100. "He drove into a crowd of senior citizens. Everybody was able to move out, but two older women were really almost clipped. We immediately called the cops," Mark Offerman, from the Democratic Progressive Caucus Palm Beach County, which organized the protest, told the newspaper. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The protest was one of several across the country in recent weeks to show opposition to Tesla founder Elon Musk's politics and actions at the Department of Government Efficiency. Since January, DOGE has slashed government costs and fired thousands of federal workers. While some Republicans have cheered on his extreme methods, politicians and supporters of both parties have warned of the consequences of remaking the state in such a rapid, hardline way. The Democratic Progressive Caucus Palm Beach County is planning to protest at the same West Palm Beach dealership every Saturday for the foreseeable future. "Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it," the organizers wrote in a message advertising the demonstrations on an activist website. It continued: "We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup AND send a vital message to the American People: we will not surrender democracy to the Trump-Vance-Musk regime to benefit Russian President Vladimir Putin or any dictator or oligarch." While many protests are peaceful, there have been at least 80 reported cases of vandalism and damage effecting Tesla vehicles and charging stations, including cars being and charging stations damaged. At least 10 dealerships have been affected. The FBI said Friday that protesters were targeting Tesla vehicles and dealerships across the country "with arson, gunfire, and vandalism." But law enforcement officials and domestic terrorism said there was no evidence of coordination of the attacks. The protests are having real-world consequences for Tesla. The company's stock price closed at $248.71 on Friday, having reached a 52-week high of $488.54 in December, although the price is higher than it was for much of 2024. Musk spoke at a Tesla all-hands meeting last week and told his employees there are better days ahead. "Hang on to your stock," he urged his staff. This article was originally published on
NBC News
24-03-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
Man charged with assault at Tesla dealership after driving car at protesters
A man was arrested and charged with assault for driving his car towards a crowd of people protesting outside a Florida Tesla dealership and narrowly avoiding them, authorities said. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said deputies went to a planned protest at a West Palm Beach dealership on Saturday, where suspect Andrew Dutil drove onto the curb and slowly toward the protesters. There were no injuries. "The protestors had to move out of the way in order to avoid being struck by the vehicle," the sheriff's office said in a statement. Court records show Dutil, who is being held in Palm Beach County Jail, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. It is not clear if he has retained a lawyer or when he is due to appear in court. The Palm Beach Post reported that Dutil was driving a black Nissan SUV and that the crowd numbered more than 100. "He drove into a crowd of senior citizens. Everybody was able to move out, but two older women were really almost clipped. We immediately called the cops," Mark Offerman, from the Democratic Progressive Caucus Palm Beach County, which organized the protest, told the newspaper. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The protest was one of several across the country in recent weeks to show opposition to Tesla founder Elon Musk's politics and actions at the Department of Government Efficiency. Since January, DOGE has slashed government costs and fired thousands of federal workers. While some Republicans have cheered on his extreme methods, politicians and supporters of both parties have warned of the consequences of remaking the state in such a rapid, hardline way. The Democratic Progressive Caucus Palm Beach County is planning to protest at the same West Palm Beach dealership every Saturday for the foreseeable future. "Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it," the organizers wrote in a message advertising the demonstrations on an activist website. It continued: "We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup AND send a vital message to the American People: we will not surrender democracy to the Trump-Vance-Musk regime to benefit Russian President Vladimir Putin or any dictator or oligarch." While many protests are peaceful, there have been at least 80 reported cases of vandalism and damage effecting Tesla vehicles and charging stations, including cars being and charging stations damaged. At least 10 dealerships have been affected. The FBI said Friday that protesters were targeting Tesla vehicles and dealerships across the country "with arson, gunfire, and vandalism." But law enforcement officials and domestic terrorism said there was no evidence of coordination of the attacks. The protests are having real-world consequences for Tesla. The company's stock price closed at $248.71 on Friday, having reached a 52-week high of $488.54 in December, although the price is higher than it was for much of 2024. Musk spoke at a Tesla all-hands meeting last week and told his employees there are better days ahead. "Hang on to your stock," he urged his staff.
